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Please vote for the Member of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2024. Award Description: This award is intended to acknowledge the member who you feel best exemplifies the qualities that KarateForums.com puts a premium on. Knowledge is valuable, but most valuable is a kind and helpful nature. You don't need to be a martial arts expert to be nominated for this award - you need to be someone who is kind and who shares what they know in a productive fashion that helps others. Here are the nominees: @DarthPenguin @Zaine Voting will be closed on December 16, 2024 at 6pm Eastern (UTC -5). If you have any questions, please contact me via our contact us page or private message. Thank you for voting.

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Please vote for the Staff Member of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2024. Award Description: This award is the same as the Member of the Year award, except that this award is for current staff members only (except Patrick). Here are the nominees: @bushido_man96 @Wastelander @aurik Voting will be closed on December 16, 2024 at 6pm Eastern (UTC -5). If you have any questions, please contact me via our contact us page or private message. Thank you for voting.

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Please vote for the Karate Contributor of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2024. Award Description: This award is for your favorite contributor within the Karate forum - a member who has added substantial value to that section in the past year. Here are the nominees: @aurik @KarateKen @Zaine Voting will be closed on December 16, 2024 at 6pm Eastern (UTC -5). If you have any questions, please contact me via our contact us page or private message. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the Health and Fitness Contributor of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2024. Award Description: This award is for your favorite contributor within the Health and Fitness forum - a member who has added substantial value to that section in the past year. Here are the nominees: @DarthPenguin @bushido_man96 Voting will be closed on December 16, 2024 at 6pm Eastern (UTC -5). If you have any questions, please contact me via our contact us page or private message. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the Instructors and School Owners Contributor of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2024. Award Description: This award is for your favorite contributor within the Instructors and School Owners forum - a member who has added substantial value to that section in the past year. Here are the nominees: @Spartacus Maximus @KarateKen @Montana @sensei8 Voting will be closed on December 16, 2024 at 6pm Eastern (UTC -5). If you have any questions, please contact me via our contact us page or private message. Thank you for voting.

Hello, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. We recognize one member every month as the KarateForums.com Member of the Month for their positive contributions to this community. Our honoree for August is... @JazzKicker! Thank you for all of the contributions that you have made over the last 7+ years, JazzKicker! You bring a lot to our community. Thanks, Patrick

Congrats Ken! Thanks for sharing.

That's great, Bob! Happy to hear it.

Thank you for writing this, Brian! It means a lot, and I'm so glad that you found this community so long ago.

Thanks for the question, KarateKen. Yes, the outcome you experienced is what should happen. You can only give one reaction to each post, and the one you select last is the one that will be displayed.

You know, as much as I think Boone struggles to use some of the players optimally, I think a lot of the roster management stuff falls on Cashman. Not trading for more bullpen help at the deadline is a real sticking point.

Nominations are now closed! Thank you to everyone who nominated. Every single nomination made a big difference! I'm excited to post the ballots and open voting. Stay tuned!

Tons of fun! Can someone get Tori out of Robbie's line of sight?! Always here for the Daniel/Johnny team-ups. Daniel's tunnel vision on Miyagi's past was a little frustrating. And how long were they going to let the kids fight it out at the end?

Sorry for your loss, Liam. Thanks for sharing this with us.

It sounds like you mean watching as opposed to playing. If playing, I'd say golf! My Dad has worked in the industry for my whole life, and I've had a club since I could walk. I have not actually played in a few years after I hurt myself hitting a drive on the 2nd or 3rd hole at Pebble Beach of all places (it was a special, once-in-a-lifetime trip, and I got hurt for the first time in my life, ugh). But I want to start hitting balls again! If watching, I'd say hockey!

Belated Happy Veterans Day!

The Dodgers won because they managed their roster like I wanted the Yankees to manage ours the whole year: Ruthlessly. They cut players who were underperforming, they did not endlessly throw ABs and innings at players who played poorly. It feels like Boone mostly clings to players who have the most years of experience, instead of adjusting based on what is currently happening. If they were on the Dodgers, I feel like: Wells would have received more ABs, instead of ceding playing time to Trevino and Narvaez when Wells was hot (to a lesser extent, Boone treated Ben Rice's hot streak similarly) Verdugo would not have played 149(!) games with a .647 OPS LaMathieu would not have played 67 games with a .527 OPS Holmes would have been out of the closer role faster The Dodgers cut James Paxton when he was 8-2 with a 4.43 ERA. It's hard to imagine the Yankees doing that. But these changes would have given us a chance to pick up the few games needed to have home field advantage throughout the playoffs, and may have pushed us over the edge in the World Series. We'll never know. All talent aside, the Dodgers were more aggressive on roster management, and it showed.

Hello, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. We recognize one member every month as the KarateForums.com Member of the Month for their positive contributions to this community. Our honoree for July is... @KorroddyDude! It's been great to have you in the community, KorroddyDude! Thank you for all of the contributions that you have made thus far. Thanks, Patrick

No worries! That happens to everyone. I just wanted to mention it in case it was a post that might have been considered missing. Thanks again.

Thank you to those who have nominated thus far! If you haven't yet, please do. This is a great chance to recognize some of your favorites in the community and every ballot counts. I appreciate you taking the time!

Thanks for coming back to confirm that, KarateKen. I also just saw a post you had made on the football thread (either that or the baseball thread) that was meant for the hockey one, so I moved it over there.

Hello, Welcome to the 23rd annual KarateForums.com Awards! Through these awards, we recognize just a few of the individuals who have made outstanding contributions to KarateForums.com in the past year. Over the last 22 years, we have honored 169 different members with a nomination and 68 with an award. Your participation is vital. It is the members of this community who select the nominees and vote for the winners. What You Should Know Before Nominating 1. Review the KarateForums.com Awards 2024 Nominations Guide, which can serve as a starting point in filling out your ballot. 2. These awards take into consideration all community activity between October 19, 2023 and October 18, 2024. Members must be nominated based upon their activity in this period. 3. To nominate, you must have a KarateForums.com account with at least 25 posts made on or before October 18, 2023. 4. Only one member can be nominated for each award. In other words, you cannot nominate two members for Member of the Year. You have to pick one person. One person can be nominated for more than one award, however. 5. A nominated member must have contributed to KarateForums.com or to the specific section recognized by an award within the above date period. 6. You cannot nominate yourself for any of the awards. 7. Your nominations will be kept private. We do not publicly reveal who nominated whom. 8. Please do not attempt to artificially inflate our nomination totals in any way. This includes, but is not limited to: Trading nominations, encouraging people to nominate indiscriminately (publicly or privately), sending spam and any other behavior that could lead to results being artificially skewed. Members found to be participating in these activities will be disqualified from nomination in any category. 9. Though it is unlikely to occur, a banned member cannot be nominated. 10. Please note that you do not have to nominate in every category. You can nominate for as many or as few as you would like. Please go for as many as you feel comfortable with. The more valid nominations we receive, the better! From these nominations, the ballot for each award will be chosen, consisting of the top 4 nominees plus ties. Through the poll system available on these forums, you will be able to vote for the winners! Categories Important note: All members (including Sempais and Senseis) are eligible for nomination in any category, except where otherwise noted. However, I (Patrick) am ineligible for nomination in any category. 1. Member of the Year This award is intended to acknowledge the member who you feel best exemplifies the qualities that KarateForums.com puts a premium on. Knowledge is valuable, but most valuable is a kind and helpful nature. You don't need to be a martial arts expert to be nominated for this award - you need to be someone who is kind and who shares what they know in a productive fashion that helps others. Current staff members (Sempais, Senseis, and Patrick) cannot be nominated for this award. 2. Community Spirit Award This award should go to a person whom you feel has a strong passion for this community. A person who is all about the home team - in this case, KarateForums.com. 3. Staff Member of the Year This award is the same as the Member of the Year award, except that this award is for current staff members only (except Patrick). If you are unsure of who is on staff, please visit https://karateforums.com/staff/ for a complete listing. 4. Funniest Member of the Year Humor is an important aspect of the forums, and this award recognizes the member who has brought a smile to your face many times. 5. Karate Contributor of the Year This award is for your favorite contributor within the Karate forum - a member who has added substantial value to that section in the past year. 6. Health and Fitness Contributor of the Year This award is for your favorite contributor within the Health and Fitness forum - a member who has added substantial value to that section in the past year. 7. Instructors and School Owners Contributor of the Year This award is for your favorite contributor within the Instructors and School Owners forum - a member who has added substantial value to that section in the past year. Ready to Nominate? Please nominate. You will find a blank ballot at the bottom of this message that you can copy and paste. You nominate by sending a private message to the account with the username Awards through this link: https://karateforums.com/messenger/compose/?to=2685 - nominations will be closed on November 17, 2023 at 8pm Eastern. Please do not post your nominations publicly in this thread or elsewhere in the forums. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to private message me or reply here. Thank you for reading and for visiting KarateForums.com. Your participation in these awards is what makes them meaningful. I can't wait to see who you choose to honor this year. Here is a blank ballot that you can use:

Hello, Thank you for your interest in participating in the 2024 edition of the KarateForums.com Awards! To aide you in doing so, we publish this guide, where we list members who have made the most posts in the sections that are represented within our KarateForums.com Awards categories. We recognize that it can sometimes be difficult to choose nominees and hope that this guide will be helpful. How to Use This Guide Post count is not necessarily what you should look at when deciding who should be honored. Perhaps someone doesn't post as much as others, but when they do, their posts are amazing. Maybe they made a post this year that really stood out to you, and you want to recognize them for it. Maybe someone makes a lot of short posts in that section. For this reason, we are going to list the top 10 posting members from the last 12 months, plus ties, but without the actual number of posts and in alphabetical order. Our goal here is to provide a useful guide, but also to not prejudice the nominations toward only those with the highest quantities of posts. We hope this will provide you with a reasonable starting point for your nominations. However, you can nominate members who are not listed here at all, and I encourage you to conduct your own research by viewing and thinking about a member's posts within a given section as you put together your ballot. Nominations Guide With that said, here are the top 10 contributors to award-eligible forums, plus ties, in alphabetical order: Karate Contributor of the Year aurik bushido_man96 DarthPenguin KarateKen Montana Nidan Melbourne sensei8 Spartacus Maximus Wastelander Zaine Health and Fitness Contributor of the Year aurik Bradlee bushido_man96 DarthPenguin Fat Cobra JazzKicker KarateKen Nidan Melbourne sensei8 Zaine Instructors and School Owners Contributor of the Year aurik bushido_man96 DarthPenguin KarateKen Luther unleashed Montana Nidan Melbourne sensei8 Spartacus Maximus Wastelander Zaine For the full details on submitting your nominations, please see our nominations announcement. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly or ask in that thread. Thanks, Patrick